Device for feeding stock on cars



(No Model.)

, J. s. BUTTERFIELD. Device for Feeding Stock on Oars.

No. 241,475. Patented May 17,1881.

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- UNITED STATES JOHN S. BUTTERFIELI),

PATENT. OFFICE...

OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

DEVICE FOR FEEDlNG STOCK ON CARS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 241,475, dated May 17,1881. Application filed March 11, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN S. BUTTERFIELD,

- of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inDevices for Feeding Stock on Cars; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of referencemarked thereon which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to stationary devices for feeding cattle in carsand it consists in the several novel features of construction in suchdevices hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a stationary feedingdevice containing my invention. Fig. 2 is a top view of the same. Fig.4. is a top view of the same, showing the trough drawn back into linewith the supporting-posts. Figs. 3 and 5 are detail views.

The same letter indicates the same part in all the figures.

F F represent two adjacent posts in a series set in the ground paralleland adjacent to a railroad-track.

B is a long trough supported from said posts F by means of arms 0. It iscontemplated that the cars will be brought to stand opposite the postsF, and that the troughs B, which are to supply the cattle with water orfeed, shall be borne outward near or against the car, through the sideof which a suitable opening is provided to give the cattle access to thetrough.

My invention concerns the devices by which the trough B is movablysupported from the fixed posts F for this purpose, and for the purposeof being withdrawn quite out of the way when not in use.

In another patent specification I have described means for supportingthe troughs by the joint action of the car and the posts F- namely, bypivoted adjustable arms bearing outward and upward from the posts to thecar and upholding the trough at their extremities. In this case thetrough is upheld wholly by the arms (J. Said arms 0 are made in twoparts, 0' and C jointed to each other at 0 to flex inward, and alsopivotally joined at their extremities with the posts and troughs, asshown.- The movement of thearms is hori- D, embracing and adapted torise and fall on the posts F, being held at any desired elevation bypins d or other suitable means. The object of said sleevesis to providevertical adjustment to the trough. by which it may answer equally forcars of different height or for cars having single or double decks.

As will be seen by reference to Figs. 2 and 4, the trough B is madeshorter than the distance between the posts F from which it issupported. This is with a view to retreating the trough to a positionbetween the posts, as shown in Fig. 4, when not in use. In order toeffect this end it is necessary to make the outer sections, 0 of thearms 0 shorter than C, measuring the latter from 0 to the post F, and itis also desirable to construct the joint 0 in such form, as shown inFig. 3, that the arms 0 and 0 fold side by side. The parts being thusconstructed and arranged, the trough may be pushed to a place betweenthe posts where it is quite out of the way, and where the arms arefolded beneath the trough.

For the purpose of draining the trough B of water left by the cattle,the bottom of said trough is inclined preferably from both ends to themiddle, where a hole is provided and stopped by the removable plug P.

To suit the invention to double-decked cars a second trough may besuspended from that here shown, or a second one may be independentlysupported from the posts F in all respects like that described.

Except where it is desired to provide vertical adjustment of the trough,the sleeves D may be dispensed with, and the arms 0 will in that case bedirectly pivoted to the posts.

I claim as my invention 1. In a stationary device for feeding stock oncars, the combination, with the two posts, F, arranged adjacent to thecar-track, of the single trough B, and the jointed arms 0, pivotallyconnecting the-posts with the ends of the troughs, whereby the lattermay be horizontally advanced and retreated with reference to the car,substantially as described, and for the purposes set forth.

2. In combination with the two adjacent posts F F and the trough B,shorter than the distance between said posts, the arms 0, pivoted attheir opposite extremities to the trough and posts, and composed of thejointed parts 0 and 0 of which the parts 0 are the shorter, whereby thetrough maybe retreated to a position between the posts, and whereby saidarms, when folded, may stand beneath the trough, substantially as shown.

\ JOHN S. BUTTERFIELD.

Witnesses:

M. E. DAYTON, W. O. ADAMS.

